The Place Where He Was Reincarnated Was Hell - The 300-Year-Old Frontier Defense Line of the Margrave Family - Episode 16: The Collapse of the Frontline - Prelude to Collapse
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- Episode 16: The Collapse of the Frontline - Prelude to Collapse - Chapter 2: "Falling into thin air"
_____The smell of rain and bl00d
Why are they so similar?
Pitch black clouds covered the sky, and even though it was daytime, visibility was plunged into darkness. About 5,000 meters south from the outer wall of Frontline Fort.
There should have been a solid line of defense there.
But now, much of that line of defense is crumbling and covered in mud and bl00d.
The heavy rain that continued to fall washed away the soil and rubble, mixing with the soldiers’ corpses to form a dark red swamp.
Mixed with the sound of the roaring rain, the screams and shrieks of soldiers came in waves and then disappeared.
Dark red puddles of bl00d and mud were piled up everywhere.
Every time I took a step, there was a harsh squelching sound.
It made me feel nauseous.
A young soldier was kneeling next to a collapsed mud wall, sobbing and crying.
The head of a woman who appeared to be his companion was leaning on his arm, but her body was missing from the waist down.
The soldier stared blankly at the woman’s face, his eyes unsteady.
This is–
Vanguard’s front line.
A place worthy of being called hell.
“…It’s no good anymore…”
Someone muttered weakly.
The rain showed no sign of stopping, and instead was getting stronger. The thunder was again distant, and its sound was ominous, like the footsteps of Death.
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Behind the crumbling defensive wall was the figure of Georg von Steiner, commander of the Fourth Division.
He is skilled in defensive and earth magic, and is pouring magical power into desperately trying to rebuild the wall, but Georg is also badly injured. His ears, nose, and perhaps the corners of his mouth. Bl00d is slowly flowing, and his hands are trembling uncontrollably.
“Damn… Sh1t… Not yet… Not yet!! I can do it…!”
With trembling hands, he reaches out towards the lump of earth and somehow manages to regenerate the wall.
However, every time heavy rain washed away the half-constructed wall, the fragile and unstable earthen wall collapsed. Georg could create rock walls, but he had lost a lot of his magical power and was in a corner, to the point where he could only build earthen walls.
And then there’s this torrential rain.
Even the heavens have abandoned us.
Now, all of these various disadvantages are appearing at once.
Flick, the lieutenant commander of the 4th squad, was standing right beside him, supporting him, but his right arm was completely missing from the elbow down.
It had just been gouged by Eclipse’s tentacles.
“Commander…! It’s impossible to go any further…! I don’t have enough magical power…”
Flick pleaded with a distorted face, but Georg just opened his eyes wide and shook his head.
”Don’t stop! Without this wall, everyone there will be wiped out…!”
Georg gritted his teeth and tried to muster up the courage to accept the taste of bl00d and rain mixing, but he couldn’t afford to worry about such things.
Ignoring the taste of bl00d and rain on the tip of his tongue, Georg stretched out his arm.
But…
______The next moment
“Guaahh…!”
A sharp claw was thrust out as if sewing between the gaps in the earthen wall, piercing Flick’s right chest in one go.
Special individuals, Chimera species, Type: Eclipse. A monster that is probably a mix between a Shadow Crawler, a four-legged monster with abnormally long claws, and a goblin.
It didn’t have four legs, but six, large and small, misshapen legs. It had a dog-like appearance and a face similar to a goblin, but half of its face was crumbling, and several tentacles were wriggling out from the crumbling part.
This is the tricky part, the tentacle that stabbed Flick is this.
Flick, who had just lost one of his arms, now had a deep wound in his chest. It was a fatal blow.
“Freaiiiick!!!!!!”
Georg’s screams were drowned out by the rain. Flick, covered in bl00d, tried to say something with his lips trembling, but no words came out, and he collapsed.
____The abyss laughs again
Georg’s screams were drowned out by the rain and the din. Flick’s breathing was faintly interrupted, and the magic that was forming the earthen wall stopped.
With bl00d dripping from his ears and nose, Georg also collapsed in shock.
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Meanwhile, Elias von Hoffman, captain of the fifth division, had been using healing magic countless times.
Hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of wounded soldiers were pouring in one after the other, all of them suffering from serious injuries such as bleeding, infections, and amputations.
”Well, it won’t be in time…with this many…!”
Magical suppression and spearheading, as well as healing magic, are the 5th Division’s specialties.
Lucas, who was an excellent adjutant who possessed all these qualities, has already been killed in battle.
The knight Lucas was trying to save was Eclipse in disguise.
The fact that this was an unprecedented case led to our becoming complacent.
He was brutally pierced through the face and died.
Elias was exhausted both physically and mentally. Even though he was soaked from the rain, he continued to refine his magical powers in the rear camp.
His arms and voice tremble, but he continues to emit healing light, determined to save the soldier in front of him.
Due to such hard work, her hair had started to lose its color from the roots, and patches were turning completely white. Demon organ Aether
”Dammit… dammit…! Please don’t die…! If you all die, then Lucas… What will that be for?!”
Bl00d, mud, and rainwater blurred his vision, but Elias continued to cast healing spells.
Gradually, cracks began to appear on Elias’ body. It was a disintegrating phenomenon that ran throughout his body. Magic Circuit Aether
It was an extreme pain caused by excessive use of magical power, but Elias ignored it.
As the unrequited reality piles up, the battlefield becomes increasingly despair-filled.
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Knight Commander Lois von Adler and Vice Commander Rainel von Schwarz were running around near the front of the crumbling wall.
The second force was at the center, leading the soldiers and trying to somehow block Eclipse’s invasion, but the heavy rain and mud made the ground dangerous, and they were crowded with countless tentacles and the roars of Eclipse.
“Announce to all unit commanders!
Stop them here at all costs!!! Send anyone close to death back to the final line of defense where Elias is!!!”
Royce shouted, but his armour was covered in bl00d and mud and had lost most of its original shape. Bl00d was flowing from his shoulders, and his chainmail was exposed.
The Lynel, spear in hand, dragged his leg around to cover for Royce, but
There was a hole in his leg, and his injuries were so severe that just walking caused him severe pain.
He mows down one of the creatures that has infiltrated, but its movements are already hopelessly slow, and there is not even a trace of its usual speed or sharpness. Special individuals
“Commander…! Abandon this place and the front line itself and retreat to the middle line fort! We can’t hold out any longer…!”
Despite Lynel’s pleas, Lois glared back at her.
「Not yet…!
There’s no way we can retreat in this situation without recovering our soldiers… If we abandon the front line now, the entire unit here will be wiped out…!”
Royce also knows this, but he knows that if they don’t calm the situation down to some extent before retreating, the worst possible outcome will come.
He roars and grits his teeth.
Immediately afterwards, a huge impact hit Royce from behind, and he was blown away nearly 20 meters.
Special individuals, Chimera species. What he unleashed was a giant mass of Eclipse flesh that had been rolled into a ball.
The huge mass of flesh fired by his fearsome physical strength was like a cannon.
Seeing this, the Lynel quickly wrapped all of its magical powers around a spear and threw it at it. Special individuals
Luckily, the spear hit the side of Eclipse’s torso and pierced it. The wind magic contained in the spear spread, blowing Eclipse’s body into pieces.
”Guh… ahh…!!”
After Lois was thrown to the ground, the Lynel hurriedly checked her condition.
Fortunately, it seems that he only has a fracture near his ribs…
Most of the soldiers around me were covered in bl00d, and there was nothing I could do about it.
Exhausted.
The battlefront was already showing signs of reaching its limit.
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Wilhelm von Krieger, the captain of the third division, slashed down Eclipse with two swords like a storm, but his body was already at its limit of fatigue. However, he managed to grit his teeth and
The sword and hands were tightly bound with cloth to serve as a grip.
”Haa, haa…
You’ve got to be kidding me… just how many Infinites have come out since last month!!!”
The only time Vanguard has been defeated to this extent was in the early days of the war for survival with Eclipse.
That’s to be expected.
Up until now, nearly 10,000 Eclipses have been attacking in waves multiple times every day.
At first, there were still plenty of supplies,
If this abnormal situation continued for a month without a break, the magic crystals and flame magic stones would soon run out.
Over 300,000 in 30 days!
It is impossible to stop them with a military force of only about 40,000 people.
I’d say it’s held up well so far.
Because of this, each unit was unable to keep up with their magical recovery, and as a result, their magical suppression power was critically reduced.
There’s a complete lack of firepower.
This was how Vanguard ended up being overwhelmed by Eclipse’s resources.
The sword, wrapped in wind magic, slices through the chimeras like a storm, but…
It doesn’t make sense.
There’s just too much material to begin with.
”Commander…! We have no choice but to retreat…!”
Oscar, the vice captain of the third unit, his face covered in bl00d, called for a retreat.
Wilhelm also had to admit that he had stopped in his tracks for a moment, a bitter expression on his face as he looked regretful.
“…Damn, we can’t do this alone…! We have to tell Commander Royce to stand down…”
However, right in front of them, the others suddenly surrounded the third unit and began to restrict Wilhelm and his men’s movements. Special individuals
Not only tentacles but even messy chunks of Eclipse’s flesh rolled up into balls came flying at them, but the knights raised their shields and took defensive stances to fend them off.
”…Damn it…!”
However, several tentacles tried to penetrate Wilhelm’s body through the gap. One of them grazed his abdomen, making Wilhelm groan.
Damn it
_____Is this the end?!
“Bow your head!”
The voice sounded a little familiar,
Although he wasn’t sure who it was, Wilhelm immediately bowed his head.
____Suddenly, a powerful, fiery slash came from the side, blowing the other Eclipses away. Special individuals
A sharp wind then rises, cutting off multiple tentacles at once.
”Commander Wilhelm!!!
You can still stand, right?!”
Alfons von Adler slung his two-handed sword over his shoulder and smiled, his face covered in sweat.
Clarissa von Schwarz enveloped her spear in wind magic and floated gently in the air while pursuing the attack. Special individuals
”We’ll support you here, Commander!”
”Y-you guys… why!!!!!!”
Meanwhile, Alfons’ fire magic
At the same time, Clarissa assisted with the wind from her magic, and the normal fire magic created a large tornado with just a small amount of magical power.
This is a combination of both parties that has been working together for many years.
This is the use of magic.
The training he’d received from the magic-crazy Victor had paid off here on the battlefield.
This caused a lot of
Hordes of Eclipses could be wiped out by the thousands.
Wilhelm took a breath.
Two 15-year-olds pushed the front line back slightly, protecting their exhausted commander.
The dazzling young man’s dazzle brings tears to the corners of my eyes.
From this point on, the soldiers, including the third unit, are ready to retreat to the fort.
However, the two’s efforts were a great help to the Third Unit on the battlefield.
…..but looking at the whole picture
A moment of hope.
The remaining hordes surged in like an endless wave, and no matter how many we killed, they never seemed to decrease.
Vice Commander Oscar grimaced.
“The third unit has reached its limit! Now is our chance!!! Let’s retreat to the fort!”
Wilhelm looked at Alfons and Clarissa and agreed with a look of anguish on his face.
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